Crimes

Gunmen attack Cross River Secretariat, shoot accountant

An accountant with the Cross River State Ministry of Education was on Wednesday shot when gunmen trailed him to the old Government Secretariat near Government House in Calabar, the state capital.

It was gathered that the accountant, who was shot on the thigh, was trailed to the secretariat from a bank where he had gone to make some withdrawals.

The two gunmen were said to have trailed the victim on motorcycle to his office complex where they forcefully took the bag containing money from him after shooting him at close range.

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Confirming the incident, the Cross River State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Irene Ugbo, said the accountant was immediately rushed to the Naval Referral hospital for treatment.

Ugbo condemned the attack, adding that the police were already on the trail of the gunmen.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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